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AB-1713 • 2026

Public postsecondary education: students with disabilities: verification: academic accommodations.

Public postsecondary education: students with disabilities: verification: academic accommodations.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Ransom
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text indicates that the bill makes nonsubstantive changes to provisions related to pupil attendance data, but does not specify what these changes are. Therefore, it's unclear if there are any substantive changes made to pupil attendance data tracking.

Helping Students with Disabilities in College

AB-1713 requires California colleges and universities to accept certain documents as proof of disability for academic accommodations and limits the need for new evaluations.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires college campuses to accept an individualized education program (IEP) or a specified plan from schools that shows a student has a disability.
  • Prohibits college campuses from asking students with disabilities to get new or extra tests if they already have proof of their disability.
  • Allows colleges to ask for more information only to figure out the best help for the student.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students with disabilities who want academic accommodations at public colleges and universities in California.
  • College campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California systems.

Terms To Know

Individualized Education Program (IEP)
A plan created by schools to help students with disabilities get the support they need in school.
Academic Accommodations
Special help given to students with disabilities so they can learn and do their work better.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only applies to public colleges and universities in California.
  • It does not say what happens if a student's IEP or plan is from another state.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  3. 2026-03-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

  4. 2026-03-16 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  5. 2026-02-05 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.

  6. 2026-02-04 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1713, as amended, Ransom.
California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System: pupil attendance.
Public postsecondary education: students with disabilities: verification: academic accommodations.
Existing law provides for various programs and services for students with disabilities in public postsecondary education. Existing law requires the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and authorizes the University of California, with respect to services provided for disabled students, to, at a minimum, conform to the level and quality of services provided by the Department of Rehabilitation to its clients, as provided.
If a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California requires verification of a student’s disability before providing academic accommodations
requested by the student, this bill, commencing September 1, 2027, would require that campus to accept, as verification of the student’s disability, an individualized education program and a specified plan issued by a school district, county office of education, or charter school that documents the student’s disability. If a student requests academic accommodations due to a disability, the bill, commencing September 1, 2027, would prohibit a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California from requiring the student to obtain new or additional diagnostic evaluations, as provided, and would authorize the campus to require supplemental information from the student solely for determining reasonable accommodations best suited for the student, as provided.
Existing law establishes the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System and requires, among other things, the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office, to include data on a quarterly rate of pupil attendance in the system, if federal funds are received for this purpose. Existing law requires the system to support local educational agencies in their efforts to identify and support pupils at risk of dropping out, and requires the system to be capable of issuing periodic reports to local educational agencies that include school district, school, class, and individual pupil reports on the rates of absence and chronic absentees, as defined.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

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